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remembered? >> i think i'm somebody who has done a really great job aesthetical aesthetically, but also people who create great families, i'm proud to be a part of that. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. right now on cnn, occupy out of control? police sand demonstrators going at it across the country. are the crackdowns too much or are the protesters going too far? and stormy weather. a rare and way early snowstorm pummels the east coast, millions in the dark, thousands stranded. then color barrier. if obama versus cain becomes reality, is racism officially over? a must-see conversation in
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minutes. a high-speed chase. but this leadfoot suspect is a fellow police officer. and triumphant return of a paralyzed football player. number 52 is inspiring his teammates. we promise he'll do the same for you. it's all right here, right now on cnn. good evening. i'm don lemon. thanks for joining us. those stories and more, but first we're starting with some breaking political news. herman cain's campaign for president under scrutiny tonight over a report that could tarnish his image. a restaurant's chief lobbyist, at least two women complained of inappropriate behavior, specifically suggestive sexual behavior. both women reportedly left the association with payouts in the five figures and agreed not to talk about it. revelations are the first serious setback for cain at a time when some polls show him
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leading the race for the republican nomination. cain is confronted with the allegation sunday in washington. >> you won't tell me who they are. that's like negotiating -- >> i think that's one of those kind of things. >> he said, have you ever been accused of is you'-- sexual harassment and the reporter says, have a nice day. the cain camp is responding tonight. what are they saying? >> reporter: they were very quick to respond. i guess political has been in touch with the campaign for ten days on this story, so once the story broke tonight, i called the campaign. i spoke to j.d. gordon, he is top spokesman for the campaign. here's his statement. inside the beltway media has
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begun to unlaunch personal attack on cain. he is the chief executive officer in the 1990s. political trade press are now casting as ppirations on his character and spreading rumors that never lived up to the facts. since washington's establishment critics haven't had much luck in attacking mr. cain's ideas to fix a bad economy and create jobs, they are trying to attack him in any way they can. sadly, we've seen this movie played out before -- a prominent conservative targeted by liberals. >> this is what happens when you run for president. no matter which party you're in, they start to scrutinize everything you've said and what may have occurred in your past. >> absolutely, especially when you rise in the polls like herman cain has.
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remember, he was an afterthought over the summer and now he has a dramatic rise in the polls. he's basically tied with mitt romney in national polls and some crucial state polls. everything he does comes under scrutiny. his 9-9-9 plan has been attacked by his rival campaigns and those in the media. also his comments on abortion. everything he had on abortion is under attack. is he truly 100% pro life? and the video we saw which it went extremely well on youtube, it went viral, but under attack. >> and this allegedly, allegedly happened between 1996 and 1999 when he was chief of that association, so it goes back to the '90s. the allegations come at an awkward time, too, with cain in washington and a full slate of events lined up. >> i guess you could say the timing couldn't get any worse, because tomorrow morning he's at american enterprise to give a big speech.
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a lot of the national media will be there. later in the day, he's at a national press club. so the media will be all over him asking him about this story. the timing not so great for mr. cain, don. >> who loses or gains the most of this, except, of course, mr. cain? >> it could be very damaging to him. it could help some of the other people who have basically lost out to herman cain's rise in the polls, maybe rick perry, ron paul or mitt romney. >> so they have not released those names. clearly, paul, more with this and we'll be covering it here tomorrow as well on cnn. thank you, sir. we appreciate it. i want to go now to the occupy movement and dozens of arrests across the nation in the last 36 hours. >> we got you, you hear me? >> is there a message of
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fighting corporate construction getting lost in all the may hem. these scenes you're looking at are in austin, texas. police there said they arrested 42 people on sunday. portland and denver saw the same story. protesters refuse to move out, so police say they have to move in. the these classics played out in a park in portland. at least 27 people arrested by police in riot gear. in denver, a faceoff in the city's civic center. denver police say they were forced to open fire. they ended up making 20 arrests saturday night. in total, nearly 90 arrests of
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protesters who say police used too much force. >> the only thing that happened is is they asked us to take a tent down, some kid was standing too close to him. they just started attacking everybody, spraying people with mace, arresting them. this was supposed to be a peaceful protest and they're attacking us like we're in a third world country. >> but officers say they gave protesters multiple chances to follow the rules. occupy wall street protesters are still going strong in new york city despite facing a major physical challenge. a dangerous storm brought rain, snow, and biterly cold temperatures in the northeast last night. they tried to tell them they were a hazard, but demonstrators were forced to get by with blankets, sleeping bags and tents. it was an early taste of the brutal weather that's to come. while protesters are facing another cold night, many are
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reenergized hearing by someone who knows what it's like to march for a cause. i talked with her from new york's zicotti park, and i asked if it was time for the protesters to get the message. >> it's very clear there are many demands that people want an end to corporate executives making $1 million a year. they want an end to student debts. they want an end to evictions. they want free education. there's so many possible demands. and i think that in order for those demands to acquire real meaning, it is important for us to learn how to be together, to dwell together, to be in democratic unit together, which is something that has never happened, really, in this country. >> later in my no talking point segment, i'll get davis' take on how the occupy movement affects
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the current political climate and president obama. in a moment, atlanta america will talk to steve reed and how he got them removed from city park. the power is slowly coming back on for millions of customers from maryland to maine. about 2.6 million people are currently without power. that is a significant improvement from earlier today when more than 4 million homes and businesses were in the dark. the storm is blamed for at least five deaths. two people died in a car crash near philadelphia. it temporarily shut down interstate 95. air travel along the eastern seaboard was a nightmare. people were stuck on an airplane
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and will receive free airfare. >> the sunshine literally burned off the snow. what took eight hours to put down all this ice is going to take many, many more hours to put this down. we talked to power crews. they don't expect it to come back until wednesday. >> this could take a long time to get all this back up. >> absolutely. >> how many days, do you think? >> i would say probably wednesday. yeah, we got a lot of crews coming in from other areas, other states. >> i see the windshield is just a mess. it's completely smashed. what did that feel like? >> just looking at it, it's the sound of the tree falling on the car scares you. it didn't break, so i didn't get any glass in my face. i mean, it shattered and the mirror is hanging down there, so i couldn't even see the back windshield through mirt becauth because the mirror is hanging down. >> does it make you think twice about driving under trees or even driving at all?
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>> i debated turning around and going home before i made my trip, and i didn't, and it was a mistake. >> don moore, this is going to melt tomorrow. it's going to be on the roadways. and as it melts, it's going to be on the tires' cars in front of you. those tires will spray your windshield. the most important thing you can do tomorrow is make sure you have washer fluid in their reservoir under your hood. you will need it, because otherwise you're just going to be smearing that dirty, muddy water back and forth, and your visibility is not going to be that good. it gets better tomorrow, more power lines will come up. the power workers are working 16 on, 8 off. they expect it to come on, but it's going to be slow. there are still millions more without power from here all the way to maine. don? >> thanks so much, chad meyer. how will this affect your commute tomorrow? we'll hear that a little later. up next, a big city mayor affected by the occupy movement here live to talk about it.
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lots of opposition in the at the and probably some in the movement nationally. he joins me nationally live. why did you want the protesters out of the park, first of all in. >> because we had bent over backwards to accommodate them. the protesters were in the park in order to accommodate them, and the situationdetear yating, and when you're the mayor, you don't get do-overs. one man had tear gas who had reportedly recently lost his job. it was clearly did h deterioratd i don't get do-overs. >> what do you do when it comes to civil liberties?
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how do you do the check marks and say, i don't want to violate people's civil liberties. that's what the claims are. >> those aren't the claims in our city. if you look at what happened in atlanta, we arrested 52 individuals. we did it slowly. we had women officers arresting women, for the most part, men arresting men. we videotaped the entire process, took a photograph -- >> so do you it right. >> yeah, take a photograph of every single person, and it's very important to know all the 52 people that were arrested were released on a signature bond. >> there are a lot of things i want to get to you with. when you look at the video of the unrest that happened when you look at oakland, when you look at denver, what runs through your head when you see that? >> that's why preparation is so important. we spent two weeks to clear the park, if necessary. so we were monitoring it every single day, and we prepared slowly so that we didn't do anything in terms of a knee jerk reaction. i warned everyone when i made
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the decision to revoke my executive order. i held a press conference and made it very clear that we would be clearing the park shortly. >> so you were the first, really one of the first mayors to say this is not going to happen. i know mayor bloomberg was very critical, but they're still in the park. you said, this is not happening in my city. i want to ask you, do you think this occupy movement, is it more democrat, liberal, or is it more mixed? >> i don't think it's party driven. i think it's too fluid right now. i want to be very clear, i understand the pain and the angst, but i don't think we know yet. many people label it a liberal movement of young people, modern hippy sort of people, and i wonder as a democrat man if you think that will affect you by not allowing these people to demonstrate. >> there are risks. i make 16 to 20 decisions a day, and there are always consequences, but i did what i
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believe is right in a situation where a man had an ak-47 assault rifle where one of their leaders appears to be where there was an unsanctioned hip-hop concert with no security plan. there were a series of things that led to my decision. >> who benefits from this, if anyone? is it the president or the democrats or the candidates running under the republicans? >> i think it's too soon to say. i think the country is going to benefit at the end of the day from seeing how frustrated point of impact are a-- people are, ae kind of pain and anger out there. hopefully everyone will accept this as a message that we need to focus on the real problems people are facing, which is having a good job to go to and being able to pay their bills and meet their obligations. that's the message that i heard. >> thank you, mayor. i appreciate you coming here. >> always glad to be here. up next, what will president obama do if u.s. veterans
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they're polar opposites, but the occupy movement is often compared to the tea party. there's one noticeable difference, though. occupy demonstrators are getting arrested. so are police dealing with the two movements differently, or are protesters bringing it on themselves? joining us life from the occupy wall street site in new york, blogger matt stevens.
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we start with ferrell. city officials there, do you think they're treating these two movements differently? >> it's birl possible. the two movements have different aims and different strategies. the people here have been engaging in civil disobeddisobe since day one. these folks chose a particular tradition they sort of wanted to work within, which is the tradition of strategically confronting the law and giving themselves up for arrest. they've been doing this all over the country sips day one. >> as he said, there is really no sort of civil disobedience.
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do you think the treatment is different between the two parties? >> there certainly is. what they're arguing about and what they're protesting about, they're saying it's not important. that was the first step. then with these arrests, definitely. they brought it on themselves because they strat jazzed differently. >> a lot of troops will be coming home in the coming weeks. how likely will we find a significant number of troops unable to find jobs and likely joining these protests here in the u.s.? >> the number of veterans who are homeless is a national disgrace. it's been pro claimed all the way up to the white house. in fact, i wt was at the white house when they announced their homeless strategy and they did
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away with homelessness in just a couple years. this has been a national scandal for a long, long time. will they specifically flock to this movement or the tea party movement or any other remains to be seen. i think the problem is a very real one. there are big problems confronting these guys and gals when they come home, including a
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lack of jobs. >> you'll have all those people coming back to the same limited job pool that already exists here. that's a big issue. >> you have 9.1% unemployment here in the u.s., double digit unemployment in some states, and you have veterans who already say they believe it wasn't worth going over to iraq and
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afghanistan in the first place. now they're coming home to a job market that really isn't there for them. i think it's a recipe for disaster. >> it's interesting, do you support the president because he brought you home from war, do you not support him because there are no jobs to be had. what happens if this movement grows even bigger? what impact will this have on the election? >> this has a major effect on the election. now what's going to happen is oou g you've got this movement. it has a face and a voice now, and these candidates will have to answer to the demands the protesters are talking about, so the economy. that's already priority one for people now, and so now they've got to really face it. >> let's move on, errol, and move us forward to what happens in the upcoming week. speaking of the election, herman cain, newt gingrich have a debate this week, modified versions. an hour long. campaigners say it's a chance to go beyond the sound bite. take us forward. >> i'm sorry, john. i didn't get that last part. >> take us forward. what happens in these lincoln-douglas debates. are they a game changer here? >> well, i think that, number one, there probably won't be a
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whole lot of cameras there to report it gavel to gavel. i don't know what you're planning to do. i'm not sure my organization will be there. it sounds like in some ways a bit of a stunt. the fact that you've got two out of -- what are we up to, eight or nine candidates debating head to head? that's great, but we're not at a point where it makes sense there are just two people debating when no vesavbe ct,o agenda next week? >> what's happening here next week, you're asking? >> i said, what is on the president's agenda next week? >> oh, the president's agenda next week. what the white house is talking about is going back on the offensive with some of the talk about the jobs bill as well as rolling out more of these initiatives that only the white house can do without any need for help from congress, because they're not expecting to get it. you know, they've also begun going on the attack, by wathe w. you've heard the white house roll out the phrase, jordan gecko economy. they seem to be narrowing it down to going after romney. >> errol and louis, thank you. a little hard to hear out in the park there. a paralyze football player
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about a double dip recession. both consumers and businesses are spending more, driving growth to almost double in the third quarter. the nation's economy grew at a 2.5% rate. a good sign but still not a silver bullet for the economy. the job market remains shaky. we'll know more about that when the jobs report comes out friday. are you in the market for a new car? it was domestic car sales that surged in september, led by strong showings by chrysler and gm. tuesday's auto sales numbers will show us if that trend continued in october. finally some sour news for your sweet taste this halloween. a peanut shortage is steeping peanut butter prices. the price of your favorite treats could be on the rise. allison kosik, cnn, new york. the northeast gets pounded
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allegations unsubstantiated and thinly supported. during cain's time as restaurant lobbyist, at least two women explained of sexual behavior. a storm across the northeast and mid-atlantic tonight. more than 4 million homes and businesses were in the dark after the storm blew through saturday. 2 million now have power. restoring the rest could take two days. female vets will have a harder time finding employment than others. it isn't clear why the rate would be higher for women, but add to this challenges of child care and being unaccustomed to women veterans.
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three are dead, three others missing after a grain elevator explosion in kansas. the grain elevator explosion in atchison could be felt 3,000 miles away. stored grains can release toxic gases in explosions. qantas ordered to end their labor dispute. 447 flights have been canceled and 68,000 passengers impacted. a workplace tribunal issued the order. a flood in thailand left 370 people dead and more than 100,000 have taken refuge in government shelters. the flooding began in july after heavy monsoon rains, and heavy
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disease could break out in the days and weeks to come. we told you about that big storm that hit the northeast very early on. let's talk about that and your commute tomorrow. probably not going to be a good one, i already know. >> the weather in the south is going to be fine across much of the northeast, don, but we're going to have lots of residual catch-up. there are only two big storms we're going to talk about in the next week ahead that will impact your weather as well. we've had the front here in south florida. it's been a rough night for you in miami-dade. that storm system there will rise up and become a big coastal storm. yes, once again, a coastal storm. but this time around, the computer models are bringing this one farther off to sea. it's something we're going to have to watch for tuesday in case there are any changes in that track. now, our second storm up here into the pacific northwest, this is the weaker storm system, but
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it is going to be diving down toward the south and east. there is cold air back behind it, so we're talking about another snowmaker for places like denver and plenty of snow into the high country. that's going to happen as you head into your wednesday. what about tomorrow morning? we'll get to those specifics. tomorrow's commute tonight. city number 5, we are going with los angeles. dense fog is expected. visibility at less than a quarter mile at times. there is an advisory for tomorrow morning, so we'll expect flight delays, especially if you're going into los angeles. number 4, cincinnati. showers will be scattered, but even cloud cover can cause delays there as well. city number 3, detroit, you're looking at rain as well. could be a little on the breezy side, so it's going to be a slow start for you in the morning. looking better, though, as you head into the afternoon. number two, miami. thunderstorms, lots of rain. we've already got flooded roads. this is going to be an ugly mess
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for you folks, unfortunately, throughout the day tomorrow. and our city number 1, wooster, massachusetts, and we picked wooster because of how terrible the conditions are there. thousands of people are without power. the national guard has been called out. more than a foot of snow has fallen, and there's so many tree limbs down all over the place. things are so bad in wooster, don, that they canceled trick or treating for tomorrow night because they think it's just too dangerous for those kids to be out. they're going to reschedule that for thursday. >> try and do it on thursday. we wish them luck in that area. thank you, we appreciate it. big stories in the week ahead, from washington to hollywood, our correspondents tell you what you need to know. we start at the white house. >> i'm dan lothian at the white house. before heading to the france on thursday where he'll focus on the global economy of the g-20 summits, president obama will welcome former british prime minister tony blair to the white house. i'm told there is no specific
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agenda but that they'll touch on a number of issues. that happens on monday. on tuesday, as he continues to make his case to the american people, president obama will sit down for interviews with local tv anchors from across the country. >> i'm kate baldwin on capitol hill. both the house and senate will be back in session this week. the senate will try to tackle some spending bills before moving quickly right back to the big political fight over jobs. moving to take over a piece of the president's jobs bill focused on infrastructure spending, for example, money spent on rebuilding roads or bridges. the house will focus on taking up other jobs measures supported by house republicans, generally aimed at making it easier for businesses to raise money, and th in their view, will then create jobs. but keep in mind another big focus will be the supercommittee as the 12 members try to hammer out a deal to reduce the deficit by nearly $1$12 trillion by december 23rd. most of the presidential candidates will spend much of the week in iowa, the first
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state to vote in the primary caucus calendar. on tap, the local governor on thursday and a dinner on friday night. wall street will be looking forward to comments by the fed on wednesday afternoon after that meeting on the u.s. state economy. all eyes will turn to france on thursday where the gs heads of state will have a two-day meeting. they will monitor that very closely given europe's ongoing debt woes. and here on friday in the u.s., we'll get the jobs report. lindsay lohan expected in court on wednesday. she is going to find out if she's going to jail for violating her probation. also i'm looking forward to this, nick cannon stopping by to talk about his new tv gig and the story concerning his twins.
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an emotional scene at rutgers university as one of their injured players returned to the football field. eric la grand, number 52, was paralyzed last october. saturday he went onto the field in west virginia in a snowstorm. first time he's been with his teammates since an accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. when the patient is mixed race, find ag suitable bone marrow donor becomes difficult. this is the story of a young girl who must overcome great odds to get the medical treatment she needs. >> my birthday at chuck e.
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cheese. >> amonya cornelius just wants a normal childhood. >> you look like a perfect little girl. do you feel okay? >> yeah, okay. sometimes i have my ups and downs. aches and pains everywhere, but you still hurt. >> she has myelodysplastic syndrome. it could lead to leukemia if she doesn't get a bone marrow transplant. >> how did you feel when they first diagnosed her. find ing a donor match is alway difficult, but it's more difficult for amoni because she's biracial. >> with mixed race, there is so many other complications. tissue is so much more complex, and to match that with half an
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ethnicity, another half ethnicity, all kind of difficulties could interfere. >> they're trying to minimize those odds. >> i know there wasn't any o outreach specifically targeted to mixed race. >> i have a mixed race background. consider joining. >> it wasn't that hard? >> perfect. >> the swab is easy. waiting for a match is the hard part. >> how does that make you feel? >> it feels like you're cut off from the rest of the world. >> we don't want a pity party, we don't want any sympathy care, we want a cure. >> you want a bone marrow transplant. sdp >> that's the only cure, is a
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it is time now for no talking points. tonight, we focus on the occupy movement that started on wall street and spread around the world. while they say they're focusing on bank, they, their supporters and detractors are finding it hard not to insert politics. tonight, we hear from a blast from the past, someone no stranger to sit-ins and civil dis disobedience, 1960s activist, angela davis. >> we can't ignore we have a presidential election coming up in 2012. we're in the middle of it right now. what do you think this means for the country in political terms, does it benefit either party?
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>> i think we have to guarantee that the republicans aren't elected but we also have to put pressure on the democrats. we have to put pressure on obama ed administration so that, you know, some of the needs of the people of this country can be met. >> i think some people may be surprised that you said, you know, we have to put pressure on the obama administration and on democrats. follow up on that. >> well, as i was saying to the people who are involved in the occupation here in new york, obama was elected largely because of an upsurge of young people such as the upsurge of the occupy wall street movement. this is why a president was elected, a candidate was
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elected, who most people thought could never have a chance of achieving that goal. it was because young people refused to believe it was impossible to elect a black president, a black president who identified with a black radical tradition. they said it was possible when everyone else felt it was impossible. so it seems to me that this is the continuation of that movement. this is what should have happened in the immediate aftermath of the election, and perhaps we wouldn't be where we are today three years later. >> as you heard, davis is transparent about being a liberal and doesn't want a republican to win the white house but says pressure must be put on democrats. while davis is clearly ideological about her party affiliation, she lets no one including president obama off the hook. next, a real life police
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chase caught on camera only. the bad guy is another cop. tltle emotional here?
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who wins in a race between a police officer and a state trooper? better question, who wins in a chase between the two? watch closely. >> stand by.
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>> put your hands out that window right now! put your hands out the window! turn around, turn around right now. see my gun? turn around. >> i apologize. i was on my way, off-duty. ma'am. >> you got anything else on you. no off-duty weapons? >> on october 11th, this speeding miami police officer refused to pull over for a florida trooper, leading her in a chase in excess of 120 miles
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an hour. the officer's excuse when he was finally pulled over at gunpoint, as you heard, he was late for a second job, so he was speeding. it's almost november, which means it's time for another world series parade, led by budweiser's clydesdale, the cardinals travel through downtown st. louis today for a championship celebration with bands and the team's unofficial mascot, the rally squirrel. the cardinals finished their impr impropable run for the franchise's 11th world series tite. congratulations to them. it is halloween weekend. zombies took to the streets outside atlanta for the first annual marietta zombie walk. not your usual trick or treat. they dedicated canned goods for families. >> we need all zombies inside the coral. all zombies, make their way inside of the coral.
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>> zombies are the new vampire. we're much cooler. we don't much. don't glisten and glitter. we don't have love stories, we're zombies. >> the undead lives forever. ♪ >> the idea was love zombies. he wanted to do a family friendly zombie walk in his neighborhood. wanted to keep up with must to make it a food drive because he knew we were low on food in our food pantries. >> we were expecting for the first year, maybe 50, 60 people show up. i think we had 300 or 400 or so. >> for a good cause. no doubt inspired by "the

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